Sonic Youth used Richter’s 1983 painting, Kerze, for their album Daydream Nation

Gerhard Richter Painting, the 2012 documentary

This documentary used to be on Netflix, and I think there is a version on Dailymotion. Find it and watch it.

“One can never wrestle enough with God, if one does so out of pure regard for the truth. True sacrilege, is not motivated by spite or pettiness, but curiosity and courage to step out of the norm. . . Go fuck your mother’s cunt.”